Do you owe tax on your pension contributions?
If you’ve drawn on your pension savings since April 2015 and either you or your employer still pay into a pension plan, you may be liable...
Avoiding a child benefit tax trap
Deciding if the “high income child benefit charge” (HICBC) applies to you can be difficult. Thousands of individuals who were liable to...
Time to join the Tax-Free Childcare club?
Problems with HMRC’s new Tax-Free Childcare continue to crop up. You’re thinking of using the scheme, but you’re not sure whether it will...
Help to Save scheme now fully open
Phased start. After a trial period in which only selected individuals could open Help to Save accounts, they are now available to anyone...
Buy-to-lets, tax deductions and vacant periods
Where you’re trying to let a rental property that’s vacant, the expenses you incur during this time are usually fully tax deductible....
Help to Save accounts - can you have one?
Help To Save accounts offer a tax-free government bonus payment equal to 50% of your savings, up to a maximum of £1,200. You’re eligible...
Carillion share loss claims
Negligible value. HMRC has recently agreed that securities, e.g. shares, in Carillion plc have been worthless (HMRC calls this...
The “not so simple” taxation of Bitcoin
Your student son has started using Bitcoin. Now he tells you he’s done quite nicely buying and selling. So to prove you’re older and...
How to escape company tax on directors’ loans
As the director shareholder of your own company you might borrow from it to cover personal expenses. The trouble is owing money to your...
Employer scheme deadline delayed
Employers can continue to accept employees into their childcare schemes until October 2018 instead of 5 April. This can be part of a...